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Animal Crossing: New Horizons, despite being the best-selling Animal Crossing game of all time, still lacks major characters and features from previous games in the series. Among those missing features is Katie, an adorable special cat villager who always needs help reuniting with her Mother Kaitlin. Katie has been such a staple of the series that she has even appeared in numerous Super Smash Bros. titles, most recently as a spirit alongside her mother in Ultimate.

Katie is one of the cutest special villagers in the series, with her adorable brown bangs, rosy cheeks, and blue denim dress. While she initially began as a crying child, Katie grew up in between games to become an independent traveler who enjoys visiting new towns. Despite New Horizons almost completely ignoring her existence, the next Animal Crossing game should add Katie back, especially as a full-time villager.

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The Animal Crossing franchise has always held an important place in my heart, with Wild World on the Nintendo DS being my introduction to it. The idea of life sims has always appealed to me, largely because it's fun to escape from my own life, and Animal Crossing, up until Stardew Valley dropped, was the poster child for the genre. It absolutely embodies that cozy feeling players have been chasing, that warm welcome that no other game really gives, that peaceful complacency that makes everything feel like if only for a moment, it'll be okay.

As I've gotten older, my relationship with video games has changed. Importantly, I used to love settling down and whiling away the hours in The Roost in Wild World, but now it has begun to feel like cozy games have lost their effect on me. This became more true when I first played Animal Crossing: New Horizons,...

Animal Crossing: New Horizons players who haven't managed to have a coffee with their favorite villagers should check out this cheat sheet which helps optimize one's visits to The Roost. One of the most popular aspects of the beloved franchise, Brewster's coffee shop is a place for everyone to leave their worries at the door and have a refreshing warm beverage while talking with the locals. It's not especially deep in a mechanical sense but it's beloved by the community for allowing NPCs a chance to share more about their private lives.

Posted to Reddit, user diannethegeek shared an excellent cheat sheet that explains when players can expect special NPCs to arrive at The Roost.

When you can find special characters at the Roostby u/diannethegeek in AnimalCrossing

Not only does it provide the times for characters' visits, but it also breaks down how they can be encountered; for example,...

Martin Scorsese is a longtime fan of indie filmmaker Ti West.

Scorsese penned a letter to the New York Times to applaud West’s “X” trilogy which recently concluded with “MaXXXine.” Mia Goth starred in all three films as both characters Maxine and Pearl, with each feature taking place in a different decade. West deployed the popular aesthetics for each respective era for the trio of films, as Scorsese explains.

According to the Oscar-winning filmmaker, West’s “X” films all embody a “different type of horror, related to different eras in American moviemaking.”

The first feature “X” is “the ’70s, the slasher era,” as Scorsese wrote. Meanwhile, prequel “Pearl” showcases the “’50s melodrama in vivid saturated color,” while “MaXXXine” captured the “’80s Hollywood, rancid, desperate” onscreen.

The films are “three linked stories set within three different moments in movie culture, reflecting back on the greater culture,” as Scorsese penned.

The...

In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week: Justin Timberlake's No Angels, directed by Ti West. Ti West is obsessed with several themes, among them hedonism and the hive-mind of cults. In films as diverse as House of the Devil, The Roost and especially The Sacrament he has explored the nature of cultish behavior. From devil-worshippers (in a Satanic Panic send-up) in House of the Devil, to a Jonestown situation in The Sacrament. According to those who have seen it, MaXXXine, the final chapter in his X-trilogy, also returns to this well. Likewise, in films like the X-trilogy, House of the Devil ,but also an earlier (disowned) film like Cabin Fever 2 , he...

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Writer/director Ti West has been one of horror’s most compelling, original voices since his 2005 debut “The Roost,” but with his last three movies, his filmmaking skills have risen to a whole new level. He had taken a six-year break from features when he released “X” in 2022, but the movie was well worth the wait; the 1970s-set story of an adult film cast and crew who find themselves under siege by a murderous couple, “X” was daring, scary, and funny — it was also immaculately crafted, with a precision and purposefulness in the framing and lensing that elevated it above most of the exploitation films from which it took inspiration. West shot “X” back-to-back with its prequel “Pearl,” an even more meticulously designed — and completely different in tone and style — period piece, this one an origin story for one of the first film’s killers set in 1918.

Now, West has...

Fans want the return of misunderstood Animal Crossing character Phyllis, finding her relatable now. Many players miss removed villagers like Phyllis, calling for more realistic Island flow in the game. Restarting an Animal Crossing island can be tough but necessary for players looking for a new challenge.

After many years, fans of the Animal Crossing series are finally figuring out why one of the most hated characters is relatable now. Villagers in Animal Crossing have a tendency to be a polarizing topic, with some garnering an interesting reputation because of their looks and others being immediate favorites. Though it's not often that everyone agrees about whom the worst villager or Npc is, there are some that are universally disliked. However, more fans are realizing that some removed Animal Crossing villagers were just misunderstood at the time.

One such villager was Phyllis, the crass pelican that ran the night shift at...

MrBeast is reportedly ending his exclusive relationship with management company Night.

Two people familiar with the matter told Semafor that “in recent days,” MrBeast–aka Jimmy Donaldson–told Night it will no longer be his primary manager. He will apparently still remain with Night in some capacity, but will shift some aspects of his business to other management companies in the creator industry.

We reached out to Night for comment on the veracity of the report, but haven’t heard back. Night told Semafor it expects to have an ongoing relationship with Donaldson, if not an exclusive one.

Donaldson began working with Night founder/CEO Reed Duchscher in February 2018, and announced his official signing with Night in January 2019. According to Semafor‘s sources, the split is caused by friction stemming from Duchscher’s refusal to move Night operations from its headquarters in Austin to Donaldson’s hometown of Greenville, North Carolina,...

Larry Fessenden is back with new werewolf horror movie Blackout, which is Now Available on Digital/VOD at home courtesy of Dark Sky Films.

Blackout is the third film in Fessenden’s monster trilogy, following Habit (vampires) and Depraved (Frankenstein). Watch a clip below for a sneak peek at his latest monster!

The film follows small town artist Charley (Alex Hurt), a tortured man whose drinking binges blur with his sneaking suspicion that he might likely be a werewolf. He distances himself from those he loves and sinks deeper into solitude, his flashes of memory of his nighttime grisly acts manifested through his artwork.

Fessenden tells us, “I am interested in finding new truths in the classic monster tropes of my youth. The essence of each creature dictates the milieu of the film, and of course, the werewolf is both out of control and regretful so that duality shaped my story.

Triton Digital®, the global technology and services provider to the digital audio, podcast, and broadcast radio industries, announced today the release of its August 2023 reporting period, U.S. Podcast Ranker, as measured by Triton’s Podcast Metrics measurement service.

Yet again, SiriusXM Podcast Network remained in the #1 spot on the Top Sales Networks Report for the month of August, with 53.4M Average Weekly Downloads and 14.M Average Weekly Users. Wondery came in again at #2 with 36.4M Average Weekly Downloads and 8.7M Average Weekly Users, followed by NPR again at #3 with 31.8M Average Weekly Downloads and 6.4M Average Weekly Users.

For this reporting period, the top three podcasts based on downloads included NPR News Now (NPR) again at #1, Crime Junkie (audiochuck) again at #2, and Dateline NBC (NBCUniversal News Group) again at #3.

For listeners, the top three podcasts included Crime Junkie (audiochuck) again at #1, Dateline NBC (NBCUniversal News Group) again at #2, and...

Ti West has been churning out grisly indie horror films for almost two decades, starting with “The Roost” before his breakout satanic panic thriller “The House of the Devil” in 2009. But his recent collaboration with A24 on porn-set slasher “X,” campy gothic follow-up “Pearl,” and trilogy-ender “MaXXXine” has spawned an entirely singular Ti West Cinematic Universe: a cause for celebration in a Hollywood, where such franchises too often seem to cannibalize each other with spinning-out-of-control mythologies and winking and self-referential fan-baiting.

So it’s interesting that, for the director of movies like “Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever” and the Jonestown-inspired mockumentary “The Sacrament,” the great films of horror history annals largely don’t strike him as the best the medium has to offer. At least, that’s according to his ballot for BFI’s 2022 Sight & Sound filmmakers poll of the greatest movies of all time. There’s no “Texas Chain Saw Massacre” or “Halloween” here,...

Yellow Veil Pictures announced today they have boarded world sales on Blackout, Larry Fessenden’s werewolf horror film that’s currently in post-production, and have released the first teaser poster. The film wrapped principal photography in the fall in New York’s Hudson Valley and will hit the festival circuit later this year.

Blackout marks the second pairing of Glass Eye Pix, the New York production shingle headed by Fessenden, and Yellow Veil Pictures, having previously collaborated successfully on world sales for Fessenden’s 2019 Depraved, which was released by IFC Midnight in the US to great acclaim.

The film follows a fine-arts painter convinced he is a werewolf wreaking havoc on a small American town every full moon. It is the latest addition to Fessenden’s own Monsterverse, along with his breakout feature, the vampire-themed Independent Spirit Award-Winning feature Habit (1995) and 2019’s Frankenstein riff, Depraved.

Winner of the 1997 Someone to Watch Spirit Award,...

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Howie Mandel Does Stuff, the podcast co-hosted by the comedian and his daughter Jackelyn Shultz, will join The Roost, the podcast network of Warner Bros. Discovery’s digital media subsidiary, Rooster Teeth.

As part of the deal, The Roost will have the exclusive ad sales and merchandise rights to the podcast. The podcast network, which targets Millennial and Gen Z audiences, will also grow the series as a video podcast — a medium that more podcast creators have ventured into by sharing video versions of their shows on platforms like YouTube and Spotify.

Mandel and Schultz first launched the show in 2020 during the pandemic and have featured interviews with guests like Terry Crews, Tony Hawk, John Stamos and Sarah Silverman.

“It’s clear to us that this podcast has energized his already loyal fanbase, allowing them a deeper, and less filtered connection with Howie.

Back in 2005, Ti West first appeared on the scene with an odd little horror film called "The Roost" featuring killer bats, the reanimated dead, and Tom Noonan as a horror host. His follow up, the thrilling "Trigger Man," flew by viewers and went mostly underseen, but when West released "The House of the Devil" in 2009, he established himself as one of horror's most exciting new voices. In the years that followed, West put out a slew of horror films, like "Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever," "The Innkeepers," "The Sacrament," as well as contributing segments to "V/H/S" and "The ABCs of Death." Ti...

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Larry Fessenden has been instrumental in the evolution and popularity of indie horror, not only through his own directorial efforts via Glass Eye Pix, but by supporting diverse and unique voices as well. Over nearly four decades, Larry Fessenden and Glass Eye Pix have amassed an incredible portfolio of features, shorts, and animation, and it will all be highlighted at in New York at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) March 30 through April 19. Featuring an in-person and online program, we have all the details on the special events and screenings, including the premiere of Jack Fessenden's Foxhole!

"Glass Eye Pix, the New York independent production shingle headed by art-horror auteur Larry Fessenden, is pleased to announce that a retrospective of 26 feature films along with numerous shorts, animations, and early works created during its 37 years of operation, is being presented by The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) March 30 through April...

Diehard horror movie fans of the past 15-odd years may have started wondering what happened to Ti West. The meticulous genre filmmaker blended exacting formalism with shock and terror across a range of unnerving experiences: Everything from “The Roost” to “Trigger Man,” or “The House of the Devil” to “The Innkeepers,” had their fans, but no two movies were alike. Then, after the strange curveball of his zany Western “In the Valley of the Violence,” West stopped directing movies six years ago.

The intermission comes to a jolting finale with “X,” West’s A24-produced midnight movie that makes up for missed time. The ‘70s-set story follows a ragtag group of pornographic filmmakers and their cast as they head to a remote farmhouse to shoot their latest project, only to find themselves at the mercy of a psychotic older couple. Mia Goth does double duty as both a castmember for the production and,...

‘The Nan Movie’, ‘Hive’, ‘X’ also opening.

eOne’s UK sports comedy The Phantom of the Open tees off at the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, in a bumper weekend with 17 new releases.

Directed by Craig Roberts, The Phantom Of The Open debuted at the BFI London Film Festival in October last year. The film tells the true story of Maurice Flitcroft, an aspiring golfer of limited talent, who managed to gain entry to the British Open Gold Championship Qualifying in 1976 only to shoot the worst round in the event’s history. It will open in 629 locations - the fourth-biggest...

It’s been almost a decade since Ti West last helmed a feature-length horror movie, which makes his return to the SXSW Film Festival in 2022 special. It was at the same fest that he premiered his first film in the genre, The Roost, in 2005, launching what would be a string of seven chillers that included more than a few cult classics: The House of the Devil (2009), The Innkeepers (2011), V/H/S (2012). But nine years is a long time to be out of a game. And in that interim, horror has changed and changed again, earning more critical acclaim with the rise of so-called “elevated horror” (a term West eschews) and more mainstream haunted house thrills.

Yet when we sit down with West, as well as actors Brittany Snow and Martin Henderson, to discuss their new film, X, West has a small bone to pick with the shape of modern horror movies.

“I...

Ti West (The Roost, The House of the Devil, The Innkeepers, V/H/S) is back with brand new A24 horror movie X, another 2022 horror release starring on-the-rise actress Jenna Ortega. Jenna Ortega was recently seen in the new Scream movie as well as horror-comedy Studio 666, and her role in Tim Burton’s upcoming Addams Family series […]

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Rooster Teeth’s The Roost podcast network has added its latest series, The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, which will center around the impressive Hollywood prop collections of its two hosts.

The Stuff is headlined by Hollywood luminaries David Mandel -- the former showrunner for Veep and a writer, producer, and director on Seinfeld -- and Ryan Condal, who will serve as a showrunner on HBO’s forthcoming Game Of Thrones prequel series House Of The Dragon. The Roost’s newly-tapped head exec A.J. Feliciano will lead development on the podcast, and the studio will oversee ad sales and distribution across Apple, Spotify, RoosterTeeth.com, and more.

Bowing Oct. 22, The Stuff will see Mandel and Condal discussing their own experiences on set while also sharing the anecdotes behind the props, costumes, art, and other on-set treasures that they’ve accumulated throughout their collective 35 years in show business. Over a total of 12 episodes,...

The high-stakes world of Hollywood memorabilia and prop collecting is getting the spotlight in The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, a 12-part podcast series from two of Hollywood’s big collectors, Veep showrunner David Mandel and Colony co-creator Ryan Condal.

The podcast hails from Rooster Teeth and will debut Oct. 22 across prominent audio streaming platforms including Apple, Spotify and RoosterTeeth.com. Rooster Teeth’s podcast network The Roost will represent the show for sales and distribution.

According to Rooster Teeth, each episode will focus on a different aspect of prop collecting, from fakes and authenticity to movie gun collecting to buying at auction. Additionally,...

The high-stakes world of Hollywood memorabilia and prop collecting is getting the spotlight in The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, a 12-part podcast series from two of Hollywood’s big collectors, Veep showrunner David Mandel and Colony co-creator Ryan Condal.

The podcast hails from Rooster Teeth and will debut Oct. 22 across prominent audio streaming platforms including Apple, Spotify and RoosterTeeth.com. Rooster Teeth’s podcast network The Roost will represent the show for sales and distribution.

According to Rooster Teeth, each episode will focus on a different aspect of prop collecting, from fakes and authenticity to movie gun collecting to buying at auction. Additionally,...

Rooster Teeth announced today that its podcast network The Roost has partnered with Reese Witherspoon’s media company Hello Sunshine to boost women’s voices in podcasting. With The Roost, Hello Sunshine plans to produce a number of women-centered podcasts, both by developing original series and by curating a number of existing podcasts.

The first of Hello Sunshine’s new originals is My Best Breakup, announced today. My Best Breakup will be hosted by comedian Maeve Higgins, and will begin airing in October. My Best Breakup will feature women guests highlighting their most transformational breakups.

Hello Sunshine’s first podcast, How It Is, launched earlier this year [and is also entering The Roost's fold]. Hosted by actress Diane Guerrero (Orange Is the New Black), How It Is gives female guests the chance to tell their life stories.

The Roost will provide strategic sales support and network representation for all of Hello Sunshine's podcast content.

Today, Rooster Teeth’s podcast network, The Roost, announced it has added one of the biggest podcasts in the country, The Last Podcast on the Left, to its roster. Since its launch one year ago, The Roost has doubled in size, bringing the internet’s favorite personality-driven podcasts closer to the audiences and brands that understand them […]

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Things at podcast network The Roost are about to take a distinctly spooky turn. Creative force Rooster Teeth is announcing on Tubefilter that it has brought horror podcast The Last Podcast on the Left into its network's ranks, and will be the podcast's exclusive sales partner.

The Last Podcast on the Left currently boasts more than one million weekly downloads, and has been delving into the dark side since 2011, covering a wide range of topics including (but very much not limited to) serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, the mass suicide at Jonestown, ghost cats of the South, Satanism, and spectrophilia. Hosts and longtime friends Ben Kissel, Marcus Parks, and Henry Zebrowski also host Last Stream on the Left, a spinoff show livestreamed weekly on Adult Swim.

“We couldn’t be happier to have The Last Podcast on the Left join our team,” Alan Abdine, senior vice president of business development at Rooster Teeth,...

MovieMaker’s “Guide to Making Horror Movies” eBook (purchase here for $2.99) is dedicated to independent filmmaking in the horror genre, featuring killer how-to articles and interviews with this year’s guest editor, Ti West (The Roost, The Innkeepers, The House of the Devil, V/H/S, In a Valley of Violence), Larry Fessenden (Stake Land, The Last Winter, We Are […]...

[Since In A Valley of Violence is in theaters and on VOD this weekend, we're re-running our interview with writer-director Ti West from its SXSW premiere.] Ti West is seen as a horror guy. That's just what happens when you make movies like The Roost, The Innkeepers and The House of the Devil. Even his 2013 movie The Sacrament, about a team of journalists probing a cult, often gets called a horror movie even though that's not strictly the case. So you might think that his new movie, In a Valley of Violence, is a horror movie. It's not. In a Valley of Violence, starring Ethan Hawke as a drifter who crosses some unsavory figures in a small town run by a reluctant marshal (John Travolta), is a western through and through. That said, one of the things that makes it...

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Michael O’Shea’s debut to world premiere next week at Cannes Film Festival.

French distributor Arp has acquired Michael O’Shea’s drama-horror The Transfiguration from Protagonist Pictures, a week before its world premiere at Cannes in Un Certain Regard.

The film stars newcomer Eric Ruffin alongside Chloe Levine, who made her film debut in Hilary Brougher thriller Innocence (2014) and has been cast in the next season of Netflix’s House Of Cards.

Producer is Susan Leber, whose credits include Sundance winner Down To The Bone directed by Debra Granik and Ti West’s first feature The Roost. She was also supervising producer on Gillian Robespierre’s comedy hit Obvious Child.

O’Shea both wrote and directed this New York story of love, loss and obsession. The story centres on a teenage outsider (Ruffin) who takes refuge from bullies in the apartment he shares with his older brother. To escape his solitude, he immerses...

UK sales team boards Michael O’Shea’s Us drama-horror The Transfiguration.

Protagonist Pictures has taken on worldwide sales rights to first-time filmmaker Micahael OShea’s The Transfiguration, which will have its world premiere in Un Certain Regard in Cannes next month.

The film stars newcomer Eric Ruffin alongside Chloe Levine, who made her film debut in Hilary Brougher’s thriller Innocence and has been cast in the next season of Netflix’s House Of Cards.

The film is produced by Susan Leber whose credits include Sundance winner Down To The Bone, directed by Debra Granik, and Ti West’s first feature The Roost. She was also supervising producer on Gillian Robespierre’s comedy hit Obvious Child.

Michael O’Shea both wrote and directed the atmospheric New York tale about love, loss and vampires.

The film was shot by Sung Rae Cho, who also shot Graceland, while editor was Kathryn Schubert (The Experimenter) and the sound designer...

This five-inch Chucky figure from Mezco Toyz doesn’t ship until this fall, but he can be pre-ordered right now. Also in this round-up: an update on Shudder Labs’ 2016 filmmaking programs, gaming details and a trailer for HoloGrid: Monster Battle, Volumes of Blood Blu-ray / DVD info, and Haunting at Foster Cabin‘s VOD debut details.

Chucky Action Figure: Press Release: “Chucky, the homicidal doll who contains the spirit of Charles Lee Ray, a serial killer better known as “The Lakeshore Strangler,” is now a 5-inch action figure, Mezco’s latest edition to its ever-expanding line of Chucky merchandise.

Mezco’s designers have created an all-new sculpt in an all new scale that not only captures the look of Chucky but the very essence of his red-haired menace. Every detail has been captured; from his classic coveralls to his striped shirt. His glistening, insane eyes, his sneering lips, and his shocking...

Marking his first stab at the Western after years in the horror trenches, director Ti West’s “In A Valley of Violence” uses every second to display its reverence for the genre. Like the Coens’ “True Grit” before it, the film is a classic revenge tale with a smirk — the type of Western where haggard men trade quips during gunfights, and Ethan Hawke is called upon to deliver his best vengeful gunslinger of few words. West and his cast, which also includes James Ransone, Taissa Farmiga, Karen Gillan and John Travolta, occasionally hit upon a bum note in its theatrical tone, but overall this Jason Blum-produced throwback makes for West’s most crowdpleasing effort yet. The genre swing couldn’t come at a better time for West: since his debut “The Roost” and breakout hit “The House of the Devil,” the director has curated a slow-burn approach to horror...

SXSW and Ti West have been to each other over the years. The Austin festival premiered his debut feature (The Roost) before going on to play Trigger Man and then breakthrough picture The Innkeepers, which landed West on our Winter, 2012 cover. Now he returns to Texas with, certainly, his starriest movie to date, and one that steps outside of the horror genre he’s best known for. Produced by his usual team alongside Jason Blum and his Blumhouse Pictures, In a Valley of Violence is a revenge western starring John Travolta, Ethan Hawke, Taissa Farmiga and Karen Gillan and set […]...

The limited edition I Sell The Dead vinyl soundtrack is set to be released in September but is available for pre-order on August 10th. Also in this round-up: a trailer for The Slashening and horror icon apparel from TeeFury.

I Sell the Dead Vinyl Soundtrack: Press Release: "It's been many months in the making, but the time has finally come.

The I Sell The Dead soundtrack is finally coming to vinyl for the first time! Pre-orders will begin Monday, August 10, 2015. The release date is September 15, but for those who place a pre-order, your copies will ship as soon as we get them.

This limited edition of 500 copies will come in red and purple swirl vinyl, plus artwork created exclusively for the release by Ghoulish Gary Pullin. We were also fortunate enough to have Angus Scrimm write liner notes for the release!

As an exclusive bonus to those of you who...

As far as personal histories with a film go, Ti West’s The House of the Devil is one of the more transformative and memorable of mine. I first watched the film one night after hearing some chatter about it on the internet, and to be honest I didn’t really like it too much the first viewing. I found it to be quite boring save for the last 15 minutes that descended into truly nightmarish horror. Months went by, but I still couldn’t stop thinking about that film, so I rewatched it with a friend, and so begin my road to understanding how brilliant it is. A few years later it’s one of my favorite horror films (I even presented a paper on it at a conference), I rewatch it every Halloween.

The House of the Devil is the most singularly Ti West film of Ti West’s...

Ti West is a divisive filmmaker. It is hard to gauge the general consensus with his films, because like Eli Roth and Rob Zombie, there are groups of people that go out of their way to nitpick, and bash everything he is attached to. I know different people like different things, and if somebody can give me a valid reason why The House of the Devil or The Innkeepers is legitimately their least-favorite film, I will accept it and agree to disagree. What I can’t abide, however, is people scrutinizing certain filmmakers by the way of impossible standards, that they hold almost no other filmmakers to. If you argue to me, that you can’t stand slow-burning films, where the payoff may or may not fit your description of “worth the wait” then we can have a conversation. But if you’re complaining about aspects of a film/filmmaker...

Production on Syfy's upcoming "12 Monkeys" series begins next month, and along with more details on that we have two new cast members to announce, one of whom is quite near and dear to our horror-loving hearts.

From the Press Release:

Syfy’s adventure thriller "12 Monkeys" will commence series production August 6, 2014, in Toronto, Canada. The season, consisting of 13 episodes, stars Aaron Stanford (as time traveler Cole), Amanda Schull (Dr. Cassandra Railly), Kirk Acevedo (Ramse), and Noah Bean (Aaron Marker).

Syfy also confirms additional casting, inking Tom Noonan (pictured; The House of the Devil, The Roost, "Hell on Wheels") and Emily Hampshire (Cosmopolis, "Rookie Blue") for recurring roles. Noonan portrays a mysterious villain who is the face of the enigmatic Army of the 12 Monkeys. Imposing and intelligent, Noonan’s character will be at the center of the conspiracy. Hampshire will portray Jennifer Goines, a dangerous, unstable mental patient who might have the...

The "Ti West Style" is one of indie horror's greatest myths. The lethargic pacing, the articulate compositions, the fury of rupturing tension in the final act — these are certainly traits of a Ti West film, but they're details of his style, not its essence. West is a clever, self-aware filmmaker who makes movies laced with subtle but confident in-jokes for discerning viewers. He wears his influences like merit badges on a sash: Tom Noonan's ham-chomping turn as a gothic, Peter Vincent-like television host sets the tone nicely for West's debut "The Roost," which is replete with old-school horror radio dramas that pour from static-addled car radios, and smart-ass kids who look at creepy barns and say, "No way, man." In "The Innkeepers," West sits us down in front of a laptop as we watch an empty rocking chair, waiting for something to happen — and waiting, and waiting, when...

Writer and director Ti West talks to us about his new film The Sacrament, his forthcoming western, documentary-style horror, and more...

Interview

Nb: The following contains mild spoilers for The Sacrament.

Writer and director Ti West has long taken an individual approach to horror, with such films as The House Of The Devil (2009) and The Innkeepers (2011) emphasising tension, character and atmosphere over constant shocks.

West's latest film, The Sacrament, is similarly measured, and its air of slowly building dread makes its pay-off all the more powerful. In it, Vice Magazine journalist, Sam (Aj Bowen), his cameraman Jake (Joe Swanberg) and photographer Patrick (Kentucker Audley) decide to cover the story of a remote and secretive commune located in South Africa. Presided over by a charismatic leader (Gene Jones), all seems peaceful and idyllic in this tiny community - until Sam and his friends begin to realise that something far murkier is going on beneath the surface.

Will piracy every go away? Probably not. But the industry is still fighting it every way they can. The way to win the battle, however, is to appeal to the audience's demands and to answer their questions - about why it's so hard to see a film, why they should not just pirate it and wait, and why/how a $10 movie ticket goes a long way in supporting the industry. Horror filmmaker Ti West (The Roost, The House of the Devil, The Innkeepers) has taken a stand, writing updated notes this week surrounding the release of his latest, the cult thriller The Sacrament, which just hit VOD ahead of a theatrical release. He writes very smart replies to tough questions with good explanations behind why there's not much they can do about all these problems. The full note is a must read and can be found on Ti West's site at glasseyepix.

Editor's Note: This post is presented in partnership with Time Warner Cable Movies On Demand in support of May's Indie Film Month. The "Ti West Style" is one of indie horror's greatest myths. The lethargic pacing, the articulate compositions, the fury of rupturing tension in the final act — these are certainly traits of a Ti West film, but they're details of his style, not its essence. West is a clever, self-aware filmmaker who makes movies laced with subtle but confident in-jokes for discerning viewers. He wears his influences like merit badges on a sash: Tom Noonan's ham-chomping turn as a gothic, Peter Vincent-like television host sets the tone nicely for West's debut "The Roost," which is replete with old-school horror radio dramas that pour from static-addled car radios, and smart-ass kids who look at creepy barns and say, "No way, man." In "The Innkeepers," West sits us down...

"Pollywogs," the semi-autobiographical improvisational comedy that premiered at last year's Los Angeles Film Festival, is being released by Godigital beginning today on various VOD platforms, including Amazon Instant Video, Google Play, iTunes, PlayStation and Xbox. But there's one scene from the film that you can only see here -- because it was cut from the final version of the film. "Pollywogs" marks actor ("The Roost," "Young American Bodies") and producer ("Happy New Year") Karl Jacob's directorial debut (he co-directed with T. Arthur Cottam). Jacob also wrote the film and plays the lead character, Dylan, who, on the heels of a bitter breakup, returns home to Minnesota for a family reunion where he runs into his childhood sweetheart, Sarah (Kate Lyn Sheil, soon to be seen in season two of "House of Cards"). The deleted scene features "Girls" actor Alex Karpovsky as Dylan's friend who recently embraced his Judaism. Jacob...

Film4 FrightFest Glasgow 2014 has today announced a 4(!) day event to include eight World, European and UK premieres, Ti West special event and Sunday repeat screenings in the festivals biggest programme ever. From Thursday February 27th to Sunday March 2nd, the UK’s favourite horror fantasy festival returns to its second home at the Gft for the 9th year with an impressive slate of the hottest new horror films.

The line-up in full:

Thurs 27 Feb – Gft Screen 2 21:00 In Conversation With Ti West (Special event)

Nobody does nostalgia-brushed spookiness and minimalist horror like independent director Ti West, King of the slow-burn shocker. FrightFest has been there from the very start – our video label released his 2005 debut feature The Roost – and we’ve watched with pride as the Delaware-born quirky talent has grown in global genre stature through The House Of The Devil, The Innkeepers, V/H/S and now his game-changing Eli Roth produced The Sacrament.

You think you know what to expect from Ti West by now. Like many horror movie nutcases, you saw The Innkeepers and/or House of the Devil, and maybe you went back and dug up The Roost and Trigger Man. Hell, you could have even given Cabin Fever 2 a fair shot. (Big mistake.) But if you think you know all of Ti West's tricks, well, prepare to be pleasantly surprised -- because the man's latest indie chiller may just be his darkest, deepest, and freakiest feature so far. It's called The Sacrament, it's one of those new-fangled "found footage" presentations, and it's another shining example of how you can cook up a truly haunting piece of horror with only a handful of cameras, a few good actors, a realistically creepy premise, and some subtle but obvious craftsmanship behind the camera.

  Like most of Mr. West's films, The Sacrament demands...

Director Adam Wingard has received rave reviews for his R-rated, home invasion horror-comedy You’re Next, which screened at several film festivals over the past couple of years and will be released August 23. But his often gore-drenched creative sensibility — and twisted sense of humor — is not everyone’s cup of Darjeeling. In the spring of 2007, for instance, the then just the 24-year-old Wingard appeared on the premiere episode of Fox TV’s On The Lot, a much-hyped but now little-remembered, Steven Spielberg-produced filmmakers’ competition with the first prize of a million-dollar development deal at Dreamworks. As Wingard recalls, he...

Worldview Entertainment has unveiled the first look from the Savannah, Georgia set of Ti West’s horror thriller The Sacrament.

The Sacrament was written by West and is produced and presented by Eli Roth, alongside Jacob Jaffke, Peter Phok and Worldview’s Christopher Woodrow and Molly Conners. West and Eric Newman are executive producing with Worldview’s Maria Cestone, Sarah Johnson Redlich, Hoyt David Morgan and Im Global’s Stuart Ford. Im Global is handing international sales while CAA, which arranged financing for the film, is handling the domestic sale.

Ti West studied film production at the prestigious School of Visual Arts in New York City. Acclaimed filmmaker and teacher Kelly Reichardt introduced him to underground horror icon Larry Fessenden who produced West’s first feature film The Roost which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival and was sold in a mid-six-figure deal to Showtime and Vitagraph Films. In 2007, West...

Each year horror fans are treated to some memorable and some horrifically bad films that either quench our appetites for shocks and scares or make us run for the exits of the theater. It’s no surprise that 2012 was any different. Although we had to suffer through such painful features as Silent Hill: Revelation, Paranormal Activity 4, and Chernobyl Diaries, at least we were given such terrifying treasures as Sinister, Silent House, and everyone’s favorite horror film of the year Cabin in the Woods. Unfortunately, there are so many independent horror films that get missed each year due to their lack of a wide release or only getting a DVD/Blu-ray release. We have all seen our fair share of direct-to-video crap, but there are always a few each year that stand apart from the rest. Just because it doesn’t have any major actors in it or...

Worldview Entertainment’s horror thriller The Sacrament, written and directed by Ti West (V/H/S, The Innkeepers, House of the Devil, The Roost) is currently in its third week of shooting in Savannah, Ga. We’ve learned that The Sacrament stars Joe Swanberg (V/H/S, You’re Next, A Horrible Way To Die), Aj Bowen (You’re Next, A Horrible Way [...]...

Finally the Sundance sensation known as V/H/S is coming home to Blu-ray and DVD, and we have a look at the artwork and more for you. The best part? You won't even have to adjust your tracking to watch it! Remember that? Ah, technology!

Magnolia has announced both DVD ($26.98) and Blu-ray ($29.98) releases of V/H/S on December 4th. Extras will include deleted scenes, a featurette on the visual effects, a behind-the-scenes featurette, an Axs TV: A Look at V/H/S feature, and trailers.

V/H/S (review) is available On Demand Now with a limited theatrical run to follow beginning October 5th. For more info keep your eyes on the V/H/S Facebook page.

Segment directors include Adam Wingard (You're Next, A Horrible Way to Die, Pop Skull), Simon Barrett (You're Next, Dead Birds, Read Sands), Ti West (The House of the Devil, The Roost,...

Hey you. Yeah, you, sitting there reading this. Whatcha doing? Have a couple of minutes? Of course you do! Wanna see something really scary? Then check out this latest clip from V/H/S.

V/H/S (review) is available On Demand Now with a limited theatrical run to follow beginning October 5th. For more info keep your eyes on the V/H/S Facebook page.

Segment directors include Adam Wingard (You're Next, A Horrible Way to Die, Pop Skull), Simon Barrett (You're Next, Dead Birds, Read Sands), Ti West (The House of the Devil, The Roost, The Innkeepers), David Bruckner (The Signal), Joe Swanberg (Silver Bullets), Glenn McQuaid (I Sell the Dead), along with Radio Silence, two of whom were part of the YouTube sensations known as Chad, Matt and Rob (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Chad Villella).

Synopsis:

When a group of petty criminals are hired by a mysterious party...

Simon Barrett offered V/H/S fans a glimpse at an alternate ending of the film recently in the form of a still, and we have it for you right here. Check it out along with an explanation of why it didn't fit and was cut. Dig it!

Barrett, who penned both the wrap, “Tape 56,” and Joe Swanberg’s “The Strange Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger,” shared this: “For your confusion/indifference, here is a still image from a deleted scene we shot for V/H/S. It will Not be on the DVD, etc. The photo looks cool, but the scene ultimately didn’t fit the film.”

V/H/S (review) is available On Demand Now with a limited theatrical run to follow beginning October 5th. For more info keep your eyes on the V/H/S Facebook page.

Segment directors include Adam Wingard (You're Next,...